LP1 — The Design-led Approach.

A. Development proposals must reflect and demonstrate that the following principles have been applied having had regard to their relevance within the context of the scale and nature of the development proposed: 1. Use a design-led approach to optimise the potential of sites so that the layout and arrangement of buildings ensure a high level of physical integration with their surroundings and consideration of broader placemaking. 2. Ensure that the scale, massing and appearance of the development provide a high-quality, sustainable design and layout that enhance and relate positively to the prevailing local character and the emerging character (where the context is changing). 3. Demonstrate meaningful and consistent engagement with local communities that gives them the opportunity to shape development from the early stages and throughout the planning process. 4. Avoid creating a canyon effect through appropriate set back; and by stepping down heights to avoid adverse impacts on local character and the street scene. 5. Ensure the urban grain and site layout take account of and improve existing patterns of development and movement, permeability and street widths in order to contribute positively to well-being and enhance active travel. 6. Provide recognisable, legible and tree-lined street networks and other spaces with their edges defined by buildings, making it easy for anyone to find their way around, and to promote accessibility, social interaction, health and well-being. 7. Include well-located public spaces that support a wide variety of activities, and provide a high-quality public realm, satisfying the criteria set out in London Plan Policy D8. 8. Ensure that the proposed finishing materials and façade design (such as the degree of symmetry, variety, the pattern and proportions of windows and doors and their details) demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of vernacular, local character and architectural precedents in the local area, while not preventing or discouraging appropriate innovation. 9. Maximise active frontages / ground floor uses facing main pedestrian routes, having regard to the location of the site; and ensure that ground floor design provides high-quality and safe access for pedestrians and cyclists. 10. Demonstrate an integrated approach to hard and soft landscape design which maximises urban greening, integrates existing and incorporates new, natural features into a multifunctional network that supports quality of place, biodiversity and water management. 11. Minimise opportunities for crime and antisocial behaviour including terrorist activities in a site-specific manner, based on an understanding of the locality and the potential for crime and public safety issues. 12. Achieve the highest standards of accessible and inclusive design, in accordance with the London Plan Policy D5. B. The Council will secure the creation of beautiful, well-designed and high-quality places by: 1. encouraging the use of its pre-application service; 2. encouraging meaningful developer-led public engagement in advance of the submission of a planning application; 3. undertaking a review of the design of appropriate major schemes using the Council’s Design Review Panel; and 4. expecting the development of masterplans or concept frameworks where sites are clustered.

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